Influence of motorization and supermarket-proliferation on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the inhabitants of a small town on Okinawa, Japan

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1899-1904

  Takasu, Nobuyuki ^a   Yogi, Hiroyuki ^a   Takara, Masaki ^a   Higa, Moritake ^a   Kouki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ohshiro, Yuzuru ^a   Mimura, Goro ^a   Komiya, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiology; Lifestyle; Motorization; Obesity; Okinawa; Supermarkets; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MOTOR VEHICLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOPPING; TRAVEL; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 37549005140     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0387     Document Type: Article

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